TORONTO — Despite a series of high profile losses on the floor of city council, Mayor Rob Ford is seeing a bump in his approval ratings.

A new poll by the firm Forum Research shows that Mr. Ford’s support has climbed from 41% in March to 47% as of this week. It is the highest he has been since June of last year, when a poll by the same firm showed him at 57%.

The telephone survey of 812 randomly selected Toronto residents was conducted on April 18 and is considered accurate plus or minus 3.4%, 19 times out of 20.

The Mayor is more popular among older residents, and those living in North York (58%) and Scarborough (57%). He dropped to 30% in Toronto or East York and 48% in Etobicoke York.

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Forum also asked residents about a number of issues: 44% believe the Mayor should attend the Pride parade, compared with 25% who said he shouldn’t, and 29% who believe it’s up to him. Sixty per cent prefer a subway-based plan to an LRT one, 44% approve of a safe injection site downtown, while 36% disapprove. A majority of residents — six in ten — approve of ending the land transfer tax, a key campaign promise that the Mayor has not yet pursued.

Forum Research also asked residents about a series of hypothetical three-way races for the Mayor in the next election, and found that he would beat Councillors Adam Vaughan and Shelley Carroll (40% to 29% and 13%) and one that featured Councillors Vaughan and Karen Stintz (40% to 27% and 21%). It would be a closer race if the Mayor faced Councillor Vaughan and radio show host John Tory (33% to 27% and 27%).

Councillors Vaughan and Carroll have said they are considering running in 2014. Councillor Stintz has repeatedly said she will not, while Mr. Tory says “I have no plans to make plans.”

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